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JUNE 20, 2023

No public company is really looking to go down the bankruptcy path, which is why it is so important for investors to pay attention when one warns that bankruptcy is a very real possibility. More often than not, these reviews are positive and a company doesn't have to say anything about them. The outlook doesn't look good.

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MARCH 28, 2025

Its annual operating profit has also plummeted nearly 80% since peaking in 2021 when Camping World delivered its strongest revenue growth as a public company. Not to live in the past, but this top dog in a fragmented industry is trading for less than 3 times what it earned in 2021. These wheels were made for rolling.

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DECEMBER 9, 2023

In this way, companies can reduce their stock price by increasing the number of shares outstanding -- making their shares more accessible to retail investors. Today, let's examine a company that has executed five stock splits over its 24-year history as a public company and might be ready for its sixth: Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA).

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

It's also still a historical bargain, as the shares are still trading for less than half of their peak set in the springtime of 2021, despite being a three-bagger in 2023. Every analyst following the company expects DraftKings to post its first profit as a public company this quarter.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Helping businesses find, acquire, and grow customers, ZoomInfo Technologies (NASDAQ: ZI) and its business-to-business data platform has been on an absolute roller-coaster ride in its first few years as a public company. However, things couldn't be more different just a few years later.

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AUGUST 10, 2024

Confluent just reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2024 (ended June 30), and the company's strong revenue growth reflected that trend. Confluent stock is trading 79% below its all-time high, set during the tech frenzy in 2021. That's near the cheapest level in Confluent's history as a public company.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Q2 2020 $17 million Q2 2021 $48 million Q2 2022 $115 million Q2 2023 $141 million Data source: Block. If you look at Block's quarterly operating margin , it has managed to break even just a few times as a public company. Should the company regain that profitability level, the stock would be valued at 24 times earnings.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

Few public companies dominated the headlines in 2023 more than Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) , whether it was its involvement with OpenAI's Chat GPT, its successful $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, or antitrust probes. Microsoft has dealt with many antitrust concerns as a public company, paying billions in fines.

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JULY 2, 2024

Growth and top-line store-level performance have slowed since Cava's first quarter as a public company when revenue soared 62% on the strength of brisk expansion and an 18.2% For starters, Cava's scalability has scored it better-than-expected profitability in every quarter as a public company. Image source: Getty Images.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What happened Shares of recently minted public company VinFast Auto (NASDAQ: VFS) collapsed as much as 44.6% The Vietnamese manufacturer of electric vehicles ( EVs ) just went public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and soared over 100% on the back of investor hype and its low float.

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JULY 23, 2024

Shares of Serve Robotics (NASDAQ: SERV) , an autonomous sidewalk delivery company, soared 187% on Friday after artificial intelligence (AI) chip leader Nvidia disclosed via a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it owns a 10% stake in the relatively new public company. million shares outstanding.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

Given the hype in the stock market during 2021 and the first half of 2022 it is not entirely surprising to see that the bulk of historical revenue stemmed from transaction fees. This marked the first time as a public company that Robinhood was net income positive. Image source: Robinhood Q2 2023 investor presentation.

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JANUARY 6, 2024

Formerly known as IBM 's (NYSE: IBM) IT infrastructure-services division, Kyndryl spun out as an independent public company in 2021. As a separate business, Kyndryl is the world's largest provider of support for business-grade and mission-critical technology systems. Kyndryl got off to a rocky start in life.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Sea faces an existential crisis Sea's revenue surged 101% in 2020 and 128% in 2021. Grab's near-term prospects look brighter In 2021, Grab's first year as a public company, its revenue rose 44% as its GMV grew 29%. The Singapore skyline. Image source: Getty Images.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Founded in 2002, Qualtrics provides software that helps companies gather data and measure how their customers experience their products. Often, any such deal to take a public company private would require the go-ahead from a multitude of investors. billion in equity and $1 billion in debt. In this instance, given that SAP’s U.S.-based

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JANUARY 6, 2024

Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) stock appears to have started off its life as a public company on the wrong foot.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Tempus delivered decent financials in its first quarterly report as a public company last week. She's been selling some of Ark's weaker investments to throw more weight behind a market winner early in its publicly traded tenure. Image source: Getty Images. Revenue rose a better-than-expected 25%.

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JULY 2, 2023

During the bull run of 2020 and early 2021, it was easy to be a stock picker as it seemed like everything was going up. Luckily, there are many companies that make great investments even when times are tough. The stock is off 51% from its late-2021 high, while the S&P 500 is only down 6% over that same period.

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MAY 28, 2024

While there have been a handful of stocks throughout the years that have gone on to be wildly successful following a reverse split, most investors are rightly chasing after companies conducting forward-stock splits. Businesses enacting forward splits are often out-innovating their competition and have outperformed the benchmark S&P 500.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

If a company is reducing its share price, there's a good chance it's a highflier that's outperformed its competition on both an operating and innovative basis. Healthcare company UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) , whose shares closed at $508.01 Shares ended at just shy of $563 on Aug. 11, serves as a prime example.

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OCTOBER 5, 2024

In his 2021 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, he wrote that he prefers to have 100% of his money invested in equities. And there's a good case to be made that Buffett is telegraphing a $277 billion warning that the stock market could be headed for trouble. Image source: The Motley Fool. Trouble ahead for the stock market?

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MAY 26, 2024

Yet, when the company presented just before going public in early 2021, it wasn't even listed as a potential future market. Nothing is certain, but notably, the company has cleared analysts' earnings estimates every quarter as a public company.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Cybersecurity company SentinelOne (NYSE: S) was one of Wall Street's hottest tickets when the stock went public in the summer of 2021. Today, shares are down more than 75% from their high after earnings missteps and rumors about the company's future. These types of issues are never a good look for a public company.

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JULY 26, 2023

Comprising 30 of the largest public companies, it has long served as a benchmark for overall market performance -- and one that many investors want to beat. In fact, plenty of great companies have consistently beaten the index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of the most closely followed stock market indexes around.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Since its inception as a company, more than $800 billion has been transacted on its platform. Revenue growth for Shopify has remained consistent throughout its time as a public company. Recently, it has been in the mid-20% range for most quarters. The bottom line has been more of a struggle.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Down 63% from its initial public offering in 2021, Sportradar (NASDAQ: SRAD) is a shining example of why investors should usually wait to see a few quarters of earnings data from a newly public company before buying.

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JUNE 23, 2024

Bill Holdings in one chart Bill has been generating strong revenue since it became a public company in late 2021. It's an asset-light business with a high gross margin that came in at 83% in the third quarter. However, its share price is falling.

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

In the year before filing to become a public company, the social network brought in $3.7 From September 2012 through August 2021, Facebook shares were up a cool 2000%. billion in revenue. The stock price actually fell 50% from May 2012 through September of that year.

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

In the third quarter of 2021, the company posted a net loss of $117 million. Dutch Bros faces stiff competition considering how many coffee shops there are, from small mom-and-pop businesses to large-cap public companies. Both of these multiples are lower than the company's historical averages.

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AUGUST 23, 2024

Another factor to consider is IonQ's brief life as a public company. Its IPO occurred in 2021. IonQ's limited public history makes it difficult to gauge how it can perform over the years as the quantum computing industry evolves. These factors contribute to IonQ stock experiencing a lot of volatility.

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JUNE 27, 2024

History says Nvidia could continue soaring in the second half of 2024 Nvidia became a public company in 1999. The chart below shows its share-price appreciation (or depreciation) in the first and second halves of each full year since its initial public offering (IPO). Read on to learn more.

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JANUARY 27, 2024

Coupang has only been a public company for approximately two years, but the results over that time have been impressive. in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 25.3% 30, 2023), the company's most recently reported quarter. Metric Q3 2021 Q3 2022 Q3 2023 Revenue $1.9 Gross margin has steadily climbed from 15.9%

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MARCH 3, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway first invested in Nu in 2021, before it became a public company. A different kind of Buffett stock Nu Holdings operates a digital bank under the banner NuBank in its home market of Brazil, and it's more recently expanded into Mexico and Colombia. Today, it owns 2.3% of Berkshire's total equity portfolio.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Like several tech stocks over the past five years, Snowflake saw its valuation elevate in 2021 and then plummet in the market correction of 2022. times sales -- nearly the cheapest it has ever been as a public company. Snowflake stock is now priced at 18.3

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In fact, tech companies now account for seven of the 10 most valuable public companies in the world. With all the success stories from tech companies, it's no wonder they tend to capture the attention of investors. Those looking for leading tech companies should look no further than these two. trillion (as of Aug.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Listed in 2004, Tencent grew revenue and net profit by more than 500-fold by 2021. What started as a small messaging service company called QQ has become a conglomerate covering gaming , entertainment, fintech, cloud computing, and more.

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JUNE 27, 2023

Apple It seems cliche to start with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , but you don't become the world's most valuable public company for no reason. billion FY 2021 $68.4 If you have $5,000 available to invest that isn't needed to reduce short-term debt or build an emergency fund, here are three tech stocks that are great long-term options.

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